PhysX card any good?

fade2green514 said:
rumors say its a lot better for physics than a processor!
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Without a doubt it will be. A CPU is capable of about 500 active bodies (movable, deformable objects in the game), whereas a PPU can do thousands.
 
So basicly this card will take loads off your cpu? Thats sick. Once i upgrade my computer, i'll look into getting one of those...
 
tweaker said:
Yes it certainly looks impressive. Have a look at the hi-res cellfactor video! :eek:

118MB vid.
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Heh, i saw that. Holy crap, things are falling and exploding. That looks absolutly SICK. IT looks kinda like halo on multi player, but with awesome graphics and everything MOVE!!
 
thealmightyone said:
That's the 256mb version (which asus have the rights to), but you can buy BFG's 128mb version now at Overclockers, in the videocard section. It's probly better to wait for asus's one though.

Just think of it as a processor built specifically to do maths.
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For now you can only pre-order. I think I'm just going to get my computer and then upgrade it with a PPU later when I have the money. Looks good, but I expect ASUS's to be expensive :(
 
I havent heard anything about a PCI-E version, as far as i know there only making them for PCI now.
 
If you guys want to see what PhysX is really capable of, checkout cellfactor:
http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=9867&type=wmv&pl=game
http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=9958&type=wmv&pl=game

There's already a playable demo, but the physics are so demanding that a PhysX card is a requirement:
http://www.ageia.com/physx_in_action/cellfactor.html

So if anybody has managed to get a hold of one, please give some input. If future games have physics like this, I'm going to buy a PhysX card no matter what...

EDIT: Just found a workaround to requiring PhysX, but I'm not sure how well it would work: http://rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33854784
 
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[-0MEGA-] said:
I havent heard anything about a PCI-E version, as far as i know there only making them for PCI now.
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They are supposed to be out on PCI-E too, later on.
 
Arm_Pit said:
Yes they do.

you are correct, t just takes the load off the other proccessing units. and in time will most likly become a standered as like the video card did.
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Yeah? Who needs a seperate $300 card when they could get the upcomming quad cores that can do everything? You don't need a special physics card if you have a Symmetrical Multi- Processing system. The other cpus could take the place of the physics card and they are at a much higher clock. But if you really really really want a physics card do do that, then it'll waste another $300.
 
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